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HARHLTON Blf-SMITH AND GARRET F. SEER, 0F N EY YORK, N. Y.,

i a ASIGORS T0 MARY JANE SMTH, O F SAME PLACE.

iMPRovEMENT 1N WASHING-MAcHiNEs.

Speeiliention lniiiing"p:irt of Letters lnteni: No. 109,259, dniedNovember 15, 1870.

Tro-l whom it may confer f Be it known tlnit we, HMriLfroN E. Snrru andGARRET F. Sernin, o.' the city ot' New York, in the county sind Stilteof' New York, here invented n, new and Improved Hishing Machine 5 and Ido hereby decia-re that the following` is o full, clero', nnd exnetdescription thereof', which will enable others skilled in the' nrt toineke. :1nd use the sinne, reference being had to the ccconipmtyingdrawing, ftn'ining part of. this specitiention.

Figure l represents n plnn or top view, partly in section, of ourimproved washingnmehine. Figa 2 is :i certi @nl transverse section ofthe sinne. Fig'. ."l is o detail longitudi- 1 ofthe liner fr, Fig'. l.

Simiinrletters of reference indicate corresponding ports.

This invention relates to n new power weshing-nntchino,oi' tlm-t. clnssin which :i rotary cylinder is arranged within n cylindrical ense.

A in the drawing represents 'the outer cose or shell of ourimprovedwnshing-lnnohino. lt is placed horizontally on feet or standardso a, and is 'provided with zi hinged door, b, at one side. V e l Y vWithin the sheli A suspended the rotary cylinder B, which is nt itsends` rvidcd with projecting; pins c c, tlmteonstitnte thesnpportingaxle ot' the Nuno. `The bearings ol.` the axle c orc in theends of the shell A..

A toothed wheel, d, mounted upon the simil; c, meshes into c, similarwheel, e, on the driving-shaft C, which driving-short hns its henringsin enrsj, that project from the shell.

The cylinder B is, by al longitudine-l control pgirtition, (j, dividedinto two seini-cvlindricnl compartments, and each of the latter by two{niore or less) transverse partitions, it, into silililar spaces; TheApartit-ions [.1 *it are prol vided with corrugated or Vconghenedsnriiices, v find are either perforar-ted or solid. 'lho partition liserves'to lte'ep theV several articles separated, and facilitates theexercise of'zi perfect control. The cylinderB has n large opening` lborecach Side of the partition g, which openingr may be closed by, o.door-,p if desired.

flhe ledge i, projecting from each side of i the partition g, is notperforated, while the nel section oi' the. some, teiten on the planeotlierport ot Bis perforated to let the wrt-ter through. The ledge iwill serve to collect the descending water ond conse itto produce zicataract, in which the garments will be properly agitated, but l notrolled or crowded together,

The cylinder l5 fits so closely into the shell A `that even il' no doorsare arranged in it the garments could not foil outot' the compari`ments'- An inwardly-proiccting rib, j, on the shell ren-chesso' close totheA cylinder l t'lxnt it will prevent the water from being tot-cedthrough the crei'ices of the'door l).

Ain order to bring the openings in the eyliir der lin linewith the doorb previous to opening the letter, we have lmnp; n roclcslmft, l), to oneend of the shell A. This shaft carries on :i crdnlql, n projecting pin,l', which, when held ogn-inst the wheel d during the rotation of thecylinder, will enter one ot' two slots, gm, ot snid wheel, ond therebyarrest the further motion of the cylinder, looking' it in the de Siredposition. The sii-me motion of the sho-ft l) serves also to withdraw theclutch u, that locks the wheel c from the latter, and to thns throw therotating` mechanism outl of gear.

Hoving thus described our invention, we clnim :is new :nid desire tosecure by Letters l. The. (minbingition hf the shell A with the rihj:1nd tlie'c`-1li'nde-B,,substantially :is nod l'or the ptn-poses`hereiii shown onddescribed.

2. flhe cylinder l5, constructed :is described,

provided with the partitions g 71, to forni n series ot independenti.compartments, con

strneted :isset fort-h. E

il. The ledge li, arr-tinged on each comportincnt or the cylinder,:u1dmudo solid, while the rennlining side ot' the .cylinder is perforated,es `set forth.

4:. ln combination with the element-s of foregoing cln-iln-s, therock-shaft l), applied to the shell A, und provided with the pin l, forlocking the washing-cylinder, ond with the clutch il, snbstnntiallyasherein shown ond described.

f ILXMI'LTUN lil, SMITH.

GARRE'L ll SPP-1ER. Vv'i tnesses:

(ino. W. MABEL, ALEX. F. ioimn'rs.

